[Sodium_noir] Hell is Other People

[Adam Weber]

John Black, Abby, Kurt Morgan, Dr. Nekos
Very Old Man, Bastet, Sidhe, Mage
Lady Sinclair's

>> "I bought the bookstore when I arrived in Gotham, about a year  
>> ago.  Renovated it, updated the inventory, and gave it a new  
>> name.  I don't know if I would consider myself interested in the  
>> occult for knowledge's sake, it's more for the practical  
>> applications that I often find a use for.  It's also let me meet  
>> some interesting, if not scary people, and help many others."

Practical applications? Ah-huhmmm. Much to Stephen's dismay, the  
current setting makes any truly open exchange all but impossible. On  
the other hand, John's been dropping more than his fair share of  
hints. Stephen's dying to look him in the eye and plainly ask 'So  
what *are* you?'

"I bet you've got all sorts of ridiculous stories," Stephen grins  
instead, saving the potentially dangerous question for another time.

>> [John] shrugged.  "If you're interested, we'll be hosting a  
>> discussion in a few nights on Necromancy, is it harmless magic or  
>> a form of enslavement.  More philosophical approach, but we always  
>> get a few serious practitioners looking to present a pet theory or  
>> defend and old idea."

"I'd love to come sit in! I don't know anything of the subject  
myself, but it would especially interesting to meet some of these  
'serious practitioners.'" Stephen wonders if any of Gotham's  
Euthanatoi are planning to attend... or another Awakened soul at the  
very least.

> Abby may not be able to sense what Stephen is, but it does not take  
> a rocket scientist to see that he has a more than normal interest  
> in the Occult. Its just as obvious that either he does not realize  
> just what she herself is. Just a bit of fluff, eh? Maybe he knows  
> and just don’t care. Unsettling thought, that. She looks over at  
> Morgan, to see how closely he was following this.

The Mathematician has taken a bit of a gamble with respect to the  
attention (or lack thereof) that he pays to Abby. As a result of her  
quiet, though affectionate demeanor, it would seem that he has  
discounted her as little more than a very attractive arm-piece. She  
plays that role remarkably well, and, perhaps intentionally, she has  
given Stephen very little reason to suspect anything else of her.

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